Hi Hans! If I'm reading your information correctly, I think you are saying that the chrome machine heads on my G-37 are not original? The chrome tuners do appear to be original on my G-37 as far as I can tell but without removing one (which I certainly can do) to see if there are other holes covered or filled there's no way to tell. I've had the guitar for nearly 30 years (bought it used, second owner in early 90s) and decided I would 'dress it up' a bit for all the great years of playing it has provided me. I thought a set of gold tuners, that would match the chrome ones that are on it, would be a nice touch on the guitar. I guess I will keep looking and who knows, maybe stumble across a set someday. I could obviously just throw a set of Grovers, etc. on there but don't want to mess up the headstock with drilling new or hiding old holes.Hello John,
Welcome! Those tuners were not used on any model that was made by Guild. The tuners were made by Gotoh and they were used on a variety of brands during the '70s. In those days ( and actually up to today) most Gotoh tuners were available with a variety of knobs. The standard knobs were more or less modeled after the Grover, Kluson and Schaller knobs that had been on the market for quite some time, but it was also possible for manufacturers to order machine heads with knobs of their own design. I'm not 100% sure if those 'special order' knobs also meant that they were an 'exclusive' for that particular brand, but that is very well possible. The knobs on the tuners that you have I've only seen on 'Aria Pro II Professional' acoustics from the second half of the '70s.
Here's a photo that shows these tuners on an Aria Pro II copy of a Martin guitar:
The version in 'gold' would have been used on the 'higher end' models of the 'Professional' line.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Hi Hans! If I'm reading your information correctly, I think you are saying that the chrome machine heads on my G-37 are not original? The chrome tuners do appear to be original on my G-37 as far as I can tell but without removing one (which I certainly can do) to see if there are other holes covered or filled there's no way to tell. I've had the guitar for nearly 30 years (bought it used, second owner in early 90s) and decided I would 'dress it up' a bit for all the great years of playing it has provided me. I thought a set of gold tuners, that would match the chrome ones that are on it, would be a nice touch on the guitar. I guess I will keep looking and who knows, maybe stumble across a set someday. I could obviously just throw a set of Grovers, etc. on there but don't want to mess up the headstock with drilling new or hiding old holes.Hello John,
Welcome! Those tuners were not used on any model that was made by Guild. The tuners were made by Gotoh and they were used on a variety of brands during the '70s. In those days ( and actually up to today) most Gotoh tuners were available with a variety of knobs. The standard knobs were more or less modeled after the Grover, Kluson and Schaller knobs that had been on the market for quite some time, but it was also possible for manufacturers to order machine heads with knobs of their own design. I'm not 100% sure if those 'special order' knobs also meant that they were an 'exclusive' for that particular brand, but that is very well possible. The knobs on the tuners that you have I've only seen on 'Aria Pro II Professional' acoustics from the second half of the '70s.
Here's a photo that shows these tuners on an Aria Pro II copy of a Martin guitar:
The version in 'gold' would have been used on the 'higher end' models of the 'Professional' line.
Sincerely,
Hans Moust
www.guitarsgalore.nl
Hello Strummingking,
OK, Got it. Thanks Hans!!!!
Congratulations! It always feels good having success in such search! Looks great.
